Clothes washer



Mar. 3. 1925. 1,528,259

J. R. MITCHELL :CLOTHES WASHER Filed June 25 I [.JE .lg a,

Patented Mar. 3, 192 5,

UNITED STATES JOHN B. MITCHELL, OF WHEELWRIGHT, KENTUCKY.

, i. CLOTHES-WASHER.

Application filed June 18,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, dorm R. MITCHELL, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at lVheelwright, in the county of Floyd and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes WVashers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to devices for washing clothes and more particularly to such adapted to be manually moved up and down and guided in such a manner as to cleanse the clothes by the circulation of water, and'cleansing material, such as soap, and by the pressure and suction upon the clothes incident to the up and down move ment of the device.

The principal obj ects of the invention are, to provide clothes washers which are adapted to readi y receive and carry soap in cake or chipped form, or powdered soap in a suitable sack or other container pervious to water; to provide devices with ways therethrough whereby the water in which the clothes are washed may find its way through the devices about the soap therein and thus thoroughly distribute and circulate the cleansing medium; and, to provide such devices which are inexpensive to manufacture, capable of withstanding the forces coming upon them, and not liable to injure the clothes which they engage when in use.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which drawings Figure 1 is a View in elevation of a clothes washer constructed according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view through the head of the washer as posi tioned when it is desired to introduce soap thereinto, a portion of the handle being shown in part elevation and part section.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the washer.

Fig. 4: is a cross sectional view on the line -4 of Figure 1.

In the drawings where similar characters designate corresponding parts throughout the views, A designates a handle and B the head of the washer including a main body portion 0, preferably a frusto-conical shell,

1923. Serial No. 646,182.

on attaching collar D -for the handle A, and

i and in the example shown has its one end portion reduced as at 5 for insertion into the collar D where it may be securedas by rivets 6, the handle being coaxial with the head B. 1

Referring now more particularlyto the head B the mouth of'the main body portion C is preferably rounded off as at 7, such as by turning the metal, from which it is formed, upon itself, so as to present no cutting edge for engagement with the clothes. The partition E may be secured in the main body portion C in any suitab e manner, such as by soldering or welding and in the example shown is provided with an outwardly flaring flange 8 secured to body C as by rivets 9. This flange not only serves as a securing means for the partition but also serves to strengthen the main body portion and retain it in proper shape. The partition E is so positioned that the compartment G is of ample size to receive a cake of soap or a portion thereof with ample room for it to move about, access to the compartment being gained through an opening 10, which, when in use is closed by a cap or other closure F. The opening 10 may be bounded by an outwardly extending annular flange 11 with which the cap F has screw threaded engagement. Partition E is provided with a plurality of perforations 12 preferably located in uniform spaced apart relation from each other and with respect to the axis of the head, while the main body portion C is provided with a plurality of transverse perforations 13 open to the compartment G, these perforations 13 being preferably located adjacent the partition E, so that in use ways for the water used when washin may pass to and from the compartment through these perforations 12 and 13. It is preferred to locate the perforations 12 and 13 in staggered relation, so to speak, that is, so that the water will not flow directly through the compartment G by entering perforations 12 when the washer is forced downwardly into the water, then into the compartment G and finding exit through the perforations 13, and vice versa when the washer is moved upwardly but must circulate to some extent circumferentially in the compartment G before finding exit. Thus the water is caused to effectively gather some of the soap or cleansing medium in the compartment and distribute and circulate such in the tub or other receptacle in which the clothes are disposed both during downward and upward movement of the washer.

In use, the washer may be charged with the cleansing medium by disposing the washer with its head uppermost, as shown in Figure 2, and the closure F removed so as to introduice the .soap, in cake or chipped form, or in flake or powdered form disposed in a sack or other device pervious to water. The closure F may then be replaced and the washer used in the manner similar to other manually operated washers. In a like manner, bluing may be distributed and circulated, the bluing being preferably disposed in a sack, such as cake bluing.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention; but,

I claim:

A clothes pounder comprising a handle, a shell carried 'by said handle, and open at its lower end, a partition rigidly secured in said shell intermediate the depth of the shell and having a centrally disposed soap passage and a plurality of Wa ter passages disposed about the soap passage in spaced relation thereto and in spaced relation to each other circumferentially of the partition, said shell being provided with water passages corresponding in number to the water passages of the partition and positioned above the partition in close proximity thereto and in staggered relation to the water passages in the partition, and a removable closure for the soap passage.

JOHN R. MITCHELL. 

